diff --git a/core/jni/android/graphics/YuvToJpegEncoder.cpp b/core/jni/android/graphics/YuvToJpegEncoder.cpp
index 799782d53ce22..6591d60b1eecf 100644
--- a/core/jni/android/graphics/YuvToJpegEncoder.cpp
+++ b/core/jni/android/graphics/YuvToJpegEncoder.cpp
@@ -226,16 +226,17 @@ static jboolean YuvImage_compressToJpeg(JNIEnv* env, jobject, jbyteArray inYuv,
     jint* imgOffsets = env->GetIntArrayElements(offsets, NULL);
     jint* imgStrides = env->GetIntArrayElements(strides, NULL);
     YuvToJpegEncoder* encoder = YuvToJpegEncoder::create(format, imgStrides);
-    if (encoder == NULL) {
-        return JNI_FALSE;
+    jboolean result = JNI_FALSE;
+    if (encoder != NULL) {
+        encoder->encode(strm, yuv, width, height, imgOffsets, jpegQuality);
+        delete encoder;
+        result = JNI_TRUE;
     }
-    encoder->encode(strm, yuv, width, height, imgOffsets, jpegQuality);
 
-    delete encoder;
     env->ReleaseByteArrayElements(inYuv, yuv, 0);
     env->ReleaseIntArrayElements(offsets, imgOffsets, 0);
     env->ReleaseIntArrayElements(strides, imgStrides, 0);
-    return JNI_TRUE;
+    return result;
 }
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////